Sentences with phrase «on economic fear»

It's a manipulative and empty argument, praying on economic fear and ignorance of the issues.

This spreads your risk globally as well, and you're betting on economic fear.

The British National Party, Hungarian Jobbik movement and Geert Wilders» Freedom Party, all of which have played on the economic fears of working - class voters, are all within striking distance of seats in the Brussels Parliament.

Not exact matches

Many on the right are understandably concerned by the Fed's unprecedented policy actions, fearing they will lead to dramatically higher inflation and economic instability.

Janet Yellen, speaking on Wednesday at the Institute for New Economic Thinking with IMF managing director Christine Lagarde, calmed fears that shifting political winds will deter the Federal Reserve's enthusiasm for regulation.

Then last week, the government announced a depreciation of the country's currency, stoking fear that the economic slowdown there was even worse than it had let on.

Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross didn't necessarily allay those fears at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday, stating: «Trade wars are fought every single day, the difference is U.S. troops are now coming to the ramparts.»

And the lingering fear of a double - dip recession or an economic contraction due to Washington's fiscal crisis has had a big impact on the way firms like SEP must manage their U.S. accounts.

Wall Street stock futures are lower this morning over renewed fears for the global economy after some weak Japanese economic data and some routine gloom from the Bank of England, which is worried, among other things, by the potential impact of the U.K.'s vote on whether to leave the E.U..

The most populous nation on earth instated the ban in 2000 for fear of corrupting its youth, but will now allow for distribution of consoles in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone — a 29 - square - kilometer testing ground for new economic reforms established last year.

The action also recognizes a slowing Eurozone economic recovery, and will surely rekindle fears of its consequences on growth.

President Trump's new trade war with China wreaked havoc on the financial markets Thursday, with the Dow Jones plunging over 400 points on fears that an overly protectionist agenda will curb trade and economic growth.

Since June, oil has receded 30 % on fears China's economic slowdown would lead to reduced oil consumption from a country that accounts for 15 % of the world's economic output.

China on Wednesday, April 4, 2018 vowed to take measures of the «same strength» in response to a proposed U.S. tariff hike on $ 50 billion worth of Chinese goods in a spiraling dispute over technology policy that has fueled fears it might set back a global economic recovery.

Quick answer: no, as the European Central Bank, which has an inate fear of inflation, felt compelled on Thursday by the economic crisis in Europe to cut its benchmark interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, bringing the refinancing rate to a record low of 0.75 % and the overnight deposit rate to zero.

Fears about a trade war between the world's two biggest economic powers emerged in March after Mr. Trump unveiled tariffs on global imports of aluminum and steel.

The Conservatives are stressing their supposed credentials as «economic managers» in their strategy to win a majority — combined with fear - mongering about a future coalition (although that latter part of the strategy may be backfiring on them).

Crude oil prices got a scare on reports that Gary Cohn, chief economic advisor to President Donald Trump, is resigning, which raised fears that the world is on the brink of an all - out tariff and trade war.

More recently, the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX), or «fear gauge,» has surged on the departures of Gary Cohn as chief economic advisor and Rex Tillerson as secretary of state, as well as the application of tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

The freeing up of the Super Bowl ads is what the industry fears will be the first step on a slippery slope to elimination of simsub altogether, coming as it does at a time when the whole economic ecosystem of Canadian broadcasting and Canadian content is under stress and under review.

White House economic adviser Gary Cohn announced his formal resignation Tuesday evening, fueling fears that the Trump administration would follow through on its plan to impose stiff tariffs on steel and aluminum imports.

Fears of a sharp slowdown in China receded somewhat and the country's new leadership signaled a more assertive posture on economic and financial reform.

Economic uncertainty and fears of a property bubble have in the past three months weighed on UK banks that specialise in buy - to - let mortgages.

Five of the new funds listed on the Nasdaq and are clearly aimed at quelling investors» fears of a rising interest rate related to the Federal Reserve's announced $ 10 billion tapering of its economic stimulus.

With Russian buyers dominating the holiday homes market on Bulgaria's East Coast, the sector is vulnerable to foreign policy events and global economic trends, market experts fear

In the wake of the allegations, stocks and the Brazilian real both plunged on fears the recent economic rebound could stall amid fresh political uncertainty.

Just as important, at a time when fears over China's slowing economy are widespread and there's evidence of retail saturation in the country's major metropolitan areas, nearly half of survey participants said they expect to be better off financially in the next 12 months — and they are eager to spend, contrary to gloomy assumptions about the drag of sluggish economic growth on consumer sentiment.

WASHINGTON — After making good on tax cuts and regulatory rollbacks that business leaders wanted, President Trump has turned to a part of his economic agenda that many of them feared: tariffs.

The second quarter was dominated by volatility brought on by macro fears largely surrounding Europe and the eurozone economic situation, but slower growth in the U.S. and the emerging markets also weighed in on people's fears.

Despite this, many observers expected tapering to start in September 2013, and the fact it didn't was blamed on weak economic data and the fear of growth being slowed by the oncoming government shutdown and debt ceiling discussion.

Gold prices were said to have become a barometer of political and economic fears, but in the end it was just pure GREED that drove the price until it finally peaked in January 1980 at $ 875 an ounce, almost on the very day that Americans were finally allowed to buy and own Gold bullion; the day that the big surge of American buying was to drive Gold to $ 5,000.

Copper fell, extending declines from a four - year low, while aluminum languished near the weakest in seven months on fears oil's slump signals a slowdown in economic growth and weaker commodities demand.

In his famous book, «The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money,» Keynes writes, «a large proportion of our positive activities depend on spontaneous optimism rather than on a mathematical expectation, whether moral or hedonistic or economic... if the animal spirits are dimmed and the spontaneous optimism falters, leaving us to depend on nothing but a mathematical expectation, enterprise will fade and die; though fears of loss may have a basis no more reasonable than hopes of profit had before.»

It's also a sign of weak faith and the hypocrisy that pervades most organized religion that preachers fear alienating their source of income by preaching on economic injustice but are real warriors when it comes to bashing gays.

The present heavy emphasis on economic opportunity puts a terrific burden on winners as well as losers; for there is the very - present fear that one misstep will have you tumbling down the ladder.

Why would policymakers fear that AIDS would have an economic impact on the country?

The debate over Scotland's future has, especially recently, served up the incongruous (and unromantic) image of a nation of «bean - counters» basing its decision about independence on the expected profitability of either outcome, yet calculating this expectation (on either side) off the back of political and economic assumptions that resemble nothing so much as declarations of blind fear or faith.

Colm: I fear you are allowing your (and my) disagreements with the classical liberal / libertarian right on social and economic policy to get in the way of the possibility of useful discussion of civil liberties issues.

Never fear, politics abhors a vacuum and Tony Blair's Global Institute for Change has stepped in to fill in the detail, leading Alistair Campbell to chide Theresa May that a former PM has done more detailed economic research than the current one on the most important political decision for a generation.

That alternative must be based on working together, social justice and economic renewal, rather than sowing fear and division.

But standing up to Ukip also means engaging with people's deepest and most visceral fears in an era of economic uncertainty when racism is on the rise.

Many people fear the United States» power on all fronts - political, military and economic.

When Bill de Blasio was running for mayor on a starkly liberal platform in 2013, some of New York's business leaders feared the city's economic well - being was doomed.

But some senior backbenchers fear his message that Osborne's economic recovery is «built on sand», will fail to win back Labour's reputation for economic competence.

This morning ConHome assembled a panel of economic and political experts to summarise their hopes, fears, advice and expectations in advance of George Osborne's statement on the Comprehensive Spending Review.

Business leaders are furious about the delay on airports, fearing ministers will plump for either a less controversial runway at Gatwick Airport which would have fewer economic benefits, or simply extend the second runway at Heathrow.

Such interactions with other people teach you things that you would never have expected to learn, such as economic perspectives on the cap and trade system, the role of religious symbols in psychedelic rock, or simply that most Ph.D. students share the same fears and doubts.

«Fear Factor left behind the rule book in E.L. Katz's ultra-violent parody on American economic desperation that mixes murky morality with a heavy twist of sadism.

Generally, exclusion of refugees is grounded in the hyped fears of employers and service providers that the Immigration Act of 2002 could impose penalties on them if they do not comply with its rules.15 This misconception is further reinforced by political statements, which hold that the majority of refugees are bogus or economic migrants who are in South Africa in a search of a better life.16 There is apparently an inability to distinguish between applicability of the immigration regime and refugee regime.17 However, it is true that the Refugees Act of 1998 strictly exempts refugees and asylum - seekers from the immigration restrictive measures imposed on non-citizens in certain circumstances.

As an example, does a slight increase in fear about a Chinese economic collapse really have any bearing on the long - term growth potential of Wal - Mart?